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•Each team has their own:a.Laptop computerb.LEGO NXT robotc.USB cabled.Light paper on the table to test the robot
Sit Down in Teams of 2
Bottle Robo Sumo
with Lego NXT & RobotCSummer 2012
Lawrence Technological University
Co-Developed by Dr. CJ Chung and Dr. Kurt Meister
Dr. Chris Cartwright
LEGO NXT is an Autonomous robotLeft Motor with Rotation Sensor Left Light Sensor
Com
puter
Right Light SensorRight Motor with Rotation Sensor
Sonar Sensor
Your first task is to make the robot• Go forward on the light paper
• Until it gets to the edge of the paper• And Stop
First Program
Light sensors (which are pointed down)• Turn on a red light• Tell the computer how bright a light they are seeing
reflected back• Function of the color of the surface and how far the
surface is from the light sensors
How does the robot know it is at the edge of the paper?
•Open the program Go.c•Connect your robot to the laptop•Turn on the robot
Let’s Try It!
Open a Program
Open Go.c
Ignore the Error Message
How to Connect Your Robot to Your Laptop
NXT Computer
Switch programs
Emergency Stop, BACK and turn
off
Turn on and ENTER
Poll the Robot’s Sensors
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Setting Up the Light Sensors
Do the same thing for Sensor 3
Let’s See What the Robot Sees•Put one light sensor over the light paper•Put the other light sensor over the edge of the table
Use the Midpoint of Those Values to Decide What is Light and Dark
•Insert the midpoint in Line 9 where the question marks are
Let’s See What the Program Does
Download Go.c to the Robot
Run the Program
•Press the Orange Button 3 times•You should see Run on the display–Don't cheat and run the program from your laptop•Put the robot on the folder•Press the Orange Button one more time to run the program
Did Your Robot Stop at the Edge?
•If so, GREAT•Try adjusting the variable NormalPower and see what happens•If not,•Try running the program again while Polling the Brick CONTINUOUSLY and adjust the values
• Now, you are ready to play RoboSumo• Just like sumo• One robot has to push the other off the table• Without it going off the table
RoboSumo
• Just like a bat, the Sonar Sensor sends out sound waves
• By measuring how long it takes for the sound waves to be reflected back
• It knows how far away something is• It does NOT know what that “something” is• If YOU are the closest thing in front of the
robot, it will find YOU!!!
How Does the Robot Know Where the Other Robots Are?
• We’ll use Light Sensors the same way we did to find the difference between the light paper and the dark table
• Now, the robot is just looking for the difference between the light table and the dark edge
• Much less light is reflected back past the edge of the table
How Does the Robot Know Where the Edge of the Table Is?
Open the Program Sumo.c
Change the LightSensorThreshold•Insert the same value for LightSensorThreshold you used for Go.c
Let’s See What the Program Does
• If you’re daring, you can adjust some of the other variables
• SonarSensorThreshold• NormalMotorPower• HighMotorPower
Other Variables to Adjust
Download Sumo.c
•If your team is ready to compete, bring your robot to the sumo tables•The display on your NXT should show sumo.c•When I say “go”, press the orange button to run your program•If we have time, the last surviving robot from each table will have a final match
Mini Sumo Competitions
The goal is to be the first robot to find the bottle and push it off the table OR
Have your robot push the opponent off the table
Bottle Robo Sumo
Necessary Strategy for bottle sumo
• Instead of just moving forward, how could we have the robot search for the bottle (or an opponent)?
The Ultrasonic sensor uses sound waves to locate objects and determine how far they are from the robot, just like a bat!
However, it sees things in a wide angle, just like your eyes
Its “field of vision” is about 45 degrees to either side
That means it “sees” things that are not directly in front of the robot
Finding Objects using Sonar Sensor
FindObject.c
Problems?
• Did the robot find YOU instead of the bottle?• Did the robot spin too far (slow down the
power)?• Did the robot stop too soon (remember field of
vision)?
Some ideas to make a complete Bottle Robo Sumo program
• Usually the bottle will be located in front of the robots as shown below:
• Start with left x degree spin-search and right 2x degree spin-search, where x is less than 90 degrees
• Whenever, it backs up, do the similar spin-search
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R1
R2
Bottle Robo Sumo Opportunities
• US Open in Nov 2012• Robot Olympic in South Korea, Dec 2012• Robot Olympic in Colorado, USA, Dec 2013• …
•Close Go.c, Sumo.c, FindObject.c•Do NOT save changes
Assistants Will Close Your Programs
Between Groups
•Make sure correct NXT is matched with laptop•Check the battery level on the NXTs•Replace the battery pack if less than ½ charged•Put the old battery pack on the charger•Make sure students didn't save programs•If so, open copy and save as•Help the students assemble in teams of 2
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